NC State Basketball
Hurricanes Rally to Beat Pack 65-60
NC State’s Men’s Basketball team has picked up 4 players from the Transfer Portal this offseason, and the class ranks 10th nationally according to ON3, and 15th nationally according to 247Sports.
NC State’s 2024 4-Man Transfer Class
Center Brandon Huntley-Hatfield (Louisville)
Guard/Forward Dontez Styles (Georgetown)
Guard Marcus Hill (Bowling Green)
NC State still has a chance to move up in the rankings. East Carolina Power Forward Ezra Ausar just wrapped up an Official Visit to NC State, and things are looking good for the Wolfpack. ON3 ranks Ausar as the #67 overall player in the Portal, and the #15 Power Forward.
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ECU Transfer Power Forward Ezra Ausar (6’9″/240) was on an Official Visit to NC State yesterday, and according to analysts at ON3 and 247Sports, things are trending in the right direction for the Wolfpack.
Jamie Shaw of ON3 submitted a prediction for Ausar to eventually commit to NC State yesterday morning.
Cory Smith of 247Sports submitted a crystal ball projection for Ausar to run with the Wolfpack this morning.
Ausar just wrapped up his Sophomore season in Greenville, averaging 11.4 points and 4.7 rebounds, shooting 51.4% from the field. As a Freshman, he was named to the AAC All-Freshman Team, averaging 9.8 points and 5.3 rebounds.
Ausar is a consensus 4-Star prospect in the Transfer Portal, and ON3 ranks him as the #60 overall player in the Portal and the #10 Power Forward.
Originally from Atlanta, Ausar played his Senior Season of High School at Liberty Heights Athletic Institute in Charlotte, North Carolina. ON3 ranked Ausar as a 4-Star prospect coming out of high school, the #94 overall player nationally, and the #2 player in the state of North Carolina.
Ausar has visited Seton Hall, Georgia Tech, met over Zoom with Georgetown, and had an in-home visit with Utah. John Calipari and his staff at Arkansas have been in touch with Ausar, as well as Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Virginia Tech, Arizona State, West Virginia, Iowa State and St. John’s. (Link)
Ausar has 2 years of eligibility remaining, and NC State currently has 1 scholarship remaining.
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wormncsu Read my post carefully. I did not say fire Gottfried. And I acknowledge the fact that he is the best coach since Valvano. And I didn’t forget that we struggled to find a coach. We should not have tried to go after all the BIG name coaches in the first place. NC State is not the destination for top tier coaches at big name programs. I can live with that. That’s why our next coach will most likely be from a smaller program. Valvano was from a smaller program. If the fans want to return to winning championships Gottfried… Read more »
Wolfer96 Your posts are usually a very interesting read. But on the whole Gottfried thing I have to wonder if you have forgotten that after Sidney Lowe no one of prominance wanted the state job. Most coaches for whatever reason don’t want to butt heads with UNC and Duke. Gottfried is truly just now getting a team full of his recruits. Three straight trips to the NCAA tournament is why better than years past. Also on the barber note you seem to want to see Lacey at point guard, I wonder did you also want to see t j at… Read more »
I’m not saying fire Gottfried. After all he is the best coach we’ve had since Valvano. Having said that, this does not look like the guy that will get us back to prominence. He’s just not that great a coach. For those who want to defend him, compare him to Bennett at UVA. Came in around the same time and took a team that has not had success in decades and made them into the #2 team in the country. Gott’s preached the high post offense and then almost totally went away from it this year. But one thing that… Read more »
I thought there were about 3 foul calls that we should have gotten that were not whistled. And I thought Miami got about 2 foul calls that they didn’t deserve. So yes if those 5 calls went our way we could have won. However, coming out flat to start the 2nd half was mostly to blame. And we were fouling quite a bit. Especially Cody and Kyle. They were playing a bit out of control. Once we lost the lead, it was back to playing Hero ball for State. Pretty much jacking up bad shots and not moving the ball… Read more »
I agree that the Pack could have and should have won, but a 21-10 foul difference? The refs didn’t even call the fan for pushing Cat! That was bias towards the home team in the extreme. The loss is still on State, but still